Great Earthquake and Firestorms Of 1906 How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself

Name: Great Earthquake and Firestorms Of 1906 How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself
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ISBN: 9780520248205

ISBN-10: 0520248201

ISBN-13: 9780520248205

Edition: 2006

Authors: Philip L. Fradkin

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The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco's Golden Gate "seemed to jump clear out of the water." This gripping account of the earthquake, the devastating firestorms that followed, and the city's subsequent reconstruction vividly shows how, after the shaking stopped, humans, not the forces of nature, nearly destroyed San Francisco in a remarkable display of simple ineptitude and power politics. Bolstered by previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and photographs, this definitive history of a fascinating city caught in the grip of the country's greatest urban disaster will forever change conventional…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface



BEFORE Beginnings The Tale of Two Cities Science, Politics, and San Francisco The Hotel and the Opera House



DURING Wednesday, April 18, 1906 Thursday, April 19, 1906 Friday, April 20, 1906



AFTER The Relief Effort The Upbuilding of San Francisco The Search for Understandin?


The Culture of Disaster Disaster and Race


The Politics of Disaster The Fat Lady Sings


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index